Rowena’s review of Losing It by Cora Carmack.
Main Character: Bliss Edwards
Love Interest: Garrick Taylor (Highlight to see)
Series: None
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Virginity.
Bliss Edwards is about to graduate from college and still has hers. Sick of being the only virgin among her friends, she decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose it as quickly and simply as possible– a one-night stand. But her plan turns out to be anything but simple when she freaks out and leaves a gorgeous guy alone and naked in her bed with an excuse that no one with half-a-brain would ever believe. And as if if that weren’t embarrassing enough, when she arrives for her first class of her last college semester, she recognizes her new theatre professor. She’d left him naked in her bed about 8 hours earlier.
I started this book not too long after I finished reading Taking Chances and I was really hesitant about starting it because I didn’t want more of the same with this book and I’m glad to say that I didn’t get it.
This book wasn’t necessarily about Bliss Edwards (the main character) losing her virginity though it did start off that way. The book was more about the relationship that Bliss finds herself in when she decides to lose her virginity. She wants to get rid of it because she’s not waiting for marriage, she just never found a guy that she wanted to have sex with but now she’s about to graduate from college and she’s still a card carrying virgin. So her best friend takes her to the bar with a plan for Bliss to pick a guy and get laid. All she had to do was dress a little slutty and choose a guy.
That’s when Bliss meets Garrick. Sexy as all get out, British Garrick. He’s got everything working in his favor and Bliss wants to take him home.
So she does.
Things are going swimmingly until Bliss chickens out and kicks Garrick out of her bed and her apartment. He leaves and she’s humiliated but at least she doesn’t have to see him ever again, right?
Wrong…she shows up for class the next day (or week) and Garrick is her new professor.
WHAT?
The attraction is still there and it’s still blazing but there’s the whole teacher/student thing going on and while I usually hate that storyline, I didn’t mind it in this one. That had mostly to do with the fact that they were only a few years apart and Bliss was over 18. They were both adults and they tried to stay away from each other but the heart wants what the heart wants and their hearts wanted the heck out of each other.
This book was really good and I really came to like Bliss’s character. She was strong, she was smart and she was real. She had real life problems with real life consequences and they mattered to her. On top of that, she was a very likable character. Far too often, I’m left wondering why the main character of this book and that book was in such high demand because I didn’t see what was so good about the main character but I didn’t have to wonder about Bliss because she was normal, she was funny and she had a good head on her shoulders. She didn’t act like someone too old for her age and she didn’t act like a complete idiot so I liked her.
The story rounds out nicely with the other characters as well. Cade and Kelsey were great friends to Bliss and when they fought, they fought. Just like real friends do. My heart a bit for Cade but I was happy when they came around and found their way back to each other and I really like how Kelsey cared enough about Bliss to bring her out of her shell from time to time, especially when Bliss needed it.
Garrick was a total hottie and I adored him, even though at times his jealousy was eyeroll worthy. There were times in the beginning of the book where I wish that the book had moved a bit faster but for the most part, this was an enjoyable read and I’m glad that I read it.
…and that’s your scoop!
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I liked this one too & I agree – Bliss was a normal character that I could really root for.
I wasn’t too sure about this one, but I’m definitely going to keep an eye on it. B is pretty good!
I admit I had decided on skipping this one because I thought the cover was kinda bad, but you’re getting me to change my mind! 😀 Thanks for the review.
She was pretty great, not over the top perfect which I appreciated. I will definitely be reading more from this author.
Thanks for stopping by Karen. =)
@Christina: I really enjoyed this one, I’m glad that I read it. I hope you like it as much as I did.
@Alex: I should tell you that even my blogging teammate at Book Binge Holly liked this one and she’s a tough sell. =)
I’ve never heard of this one before but it sounds really good. I will definitely check it out. Great review 🙂
@Cindy: This is a new adult so it’s a little more mature than normal YA’s but still, it was a good read.